Gods, ghosts, and ancestors : the folk religion of a Taiwanese village = Taiwan xiangxia xinyang 台灣鄉下信仰 / David K. Jordan.
Based on the author's thesis, University of Chicago, 1969.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 185-193.

Bao-an : a Taiwanese village. Surnames and lineages ; The surname wars -- The religion of the Taiwanese. Buddhists and Taoists ; Gods and ghosts -- Divine guardians of the village. Supernatural protectors of Bao-an ; Supernatural enemies of Bao-an -- Divination. The poe ; The kio-a ; The tang-ki ; The tang-ki as oracle ; The tang-ki as spectacle ; Some observations on divination -- The family. Images of the family ; The family altar ; The ancestors -- Divine guardians of the family Supernatural protectors of the family ; Exorcism : the shiehtuu -- The general homology between village and family -- The family ghosts. Spirit brides ; Reified ghosts ; Deified ghosts -- Structure and change.